Blue-Painted Ibex Amphora from Malqata

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 119

This remarkable vase was found during the Museum's excavations of the palace of Amenhotep III at Malqata in western Thebes. The head of the ibex had broken off, but was found nearby. Like much of the pottery at Malqata, this amphora was made of a red clay covered with a cream colored slip and decorated with blue, red, and black paint.

For more blue-painted ware from this site, see 11.215.461–.469, .471–.473, .477, .489.

Blue-Painted Ibex Amphora from Malqata, pottery, white cream slip, paint

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Blue-Painted Ibex Amphora from Malqata, pottery, white cream slip, paint
Blue-Painted Ibex Amphora from Malqata, pottery, white cream slip, paint
Blue-Painted Ibex Amphora from Malqata, pottery, white cream slip, paint
Blue-Painted Ibex Amphora from Malqata, pottery, white cream slip, paint
Blue-Painted Ibex Amphora from Malqata, pottery, white cream slip, paint

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